Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-03-05
4 2illioa for Missions for 1897.
~ COLLECTIONS ONLY

a 4iliiea for Missions for 1887.
~ COLLECTIONS ONLY.
Hopswsll charge, Rev. W. r. Scar,
WI exceed the apportiou mont Tor mie
ssone ehis year. Rev. j. T. Van
burkalow, Of Bethel and Gissaov. In
Inc fAoe Of unfAvorable weather and
Almost impessable roads 10 working m
tne missionary collection ana will reach
the epportionmsDt. Our brethren IN
country places labor under treat dis
advantages In suoh . winter Is We Az
having.
Rev. j.. r. Otis, pastor Of E'ktop.
Mo, has worked the following plan Al
his collection for missions:
l.. a prayer meeting once month de.
vouo 20 missions, black board. ont.
lining the countries and mission statious
Of oar church. Music, readings and
similar exercises.
The prayers for the blessing Of God
profit.
=: The town school devotes all the
collections Of the second and fourth
quarters TO missions Tho fourth mis-
sion schools connected with this take q
monthly missionary collection. The
Outlook from these SOURCES ID pr0mis.
ing.
8. About month since printed cir.
culArs were put In the hAi do OF 30
ladiss, each circular add ressod by name
to be distributed and the money called
for the following week. This method
OF raising the congregational Offering
IL accom- lishins the purpose we'll.
4. March 8. the Sunday following
the last missionary pray or meeting. the
missionary sermon will be preached
aud the public collection taken.
D. The juvenile missionary anniver.
sary will be held March Q. This TO the
schools and congregations 10 the eve ut
OF tie church year. Music, addresses
and other appropriate exercises, will be
the sum ming up OF the years work. II
this carefully planned work fails to
orips the amount desired, the only
hopo would be to have the chaplain
turned loose upon the Methodists OF the
town. Bnt We are confident Bro O..
Will reach the highest mark.
WHAT DOES IT COST?
Every now ard then somebody wants
70 know what IL costs to administer the
lands OF the Mission ary Society. Now
listen: Deduct from the office expeu SEES
The u esq received for the Missionary
Sooiety's share OF the rsptsls Of the sur.
plus spacs Of the book room, and 1t costs
one and one tenth PEI cent upon the
receipts. Please Ont this ont and paste
Is IN your pocket book, 20 that y her
You met man who thin ks more about
the penny spent en- exercises than be
does shout the ninety. nine saved for the
work. You may read 1t TO him
Henry M Stanley, who had . lecture
engagement In this country Tor the
present winter, AMI for whoss comm z
the oitizsns Of Wilmington SO ID xiously
avai,e1, and from whom they expected
10 hear so much from the Dark Cont.
nent, but were disappointed by his
sudden recall by the authorities TO
which he was subject, will bs glad to
know that no IL we'll on his way to the
interior OF this almost unknown land,
His nission Ia the rescue of Emiu Bey,
who Is by birth an Austrian, and who
when 6ocdon's army WAS slaughtered
a. Khsrtouno, with four tb oussnd troops
fell back toward the south west, and for
several years has sustained himself In
the midst OF savage ;iibes. From this
dangerous position Stanley hopes 10
rescue hun and bis brave associates.
II he succeeded In accom- plishisR his
mission, and there IS but little doubt he
will, there will follow In the course OF
his expedition q food OF light which
will be the ginning of the end OF AT.
rics as q dark continent Stanley Ia q
Weishman By birth, hut Is an Aueri
can citizen. How glai We are that
from our0wD lsrd such nightly leader
should psnesrate this dark abode.
Otester charge, Rev. T. b. Hunter
paG;oc, viii hold their missionary anni
verSary March 9Th. The congregation
10 being ,asssd Ia the inter- SITS oil
the collection Tor missions, and the ex
pentn'!on at present Is that the report
from this chnrch viii be up to this high
ett amount ever reported.
Count Z'nzendorf presents q charac-
ter OF rare beauty. At years OF ago he
made this CO 7epant with Christ: "Be
thou mine, dear Saviour. and l will be
thine " Ar school he formed his fellows
into "Tha Order Of the Grain OF Mus
tsrd Seed" which bound them to work
for tho con version Of souls. He married
Countess Renss and they two covenant.
ed together 10 renounce rank and wealth
and bs roady to go anywhere ss mis-
0 onaries He founded the revived sec
OF Moravisns and Herrnhut he gave fol
thu comm unity to dwell In, There aftel
life of go years be died and WAS ftly
borne to his grave by thirty.two minis
ters and missionaries whom he hAt
reared from Holland, Britain, Americs
and Greenland.